CVS Caremark, Google, partner for new healthcare information platform

WOONSOCKET, R.I. CVS Caremark has teamed up with Google to integrate with the new Google Health platform to facilitate and enhance communication between consumers and health care providers by providing individuals with secure access to their medication history and personal health care information.

By integrating on the Google Health platform, patients who receive treatment at MinuteClinic can import their visit summaries into their Google Health Accounts.

This function is available, as of May 19, to MinuteClinic patients in Knoxville and Chattanooga, Tenn. It will roll out nationally to the more than 500 MinuteClinics in 25 states over the next several weeks. Within the next several months, patients who fill their prescriptions at a CVS pharmacy or have prescription coverage from CVS Caremark will also be able to import their prescription and medication histories into Google Health.